Although I Am Happy With The Results,

from my Lumix cameras, 

there is no denying, that when I try to print them in A3 size, many do not enlarge as well as I would like, and A3+ is really out of the question, the problem is this:

the size of camera sensors, there are other factors involved as well, but this what I am concentrating on, illustration Dana Davis New York Times, the size of the sensor in my Lumix cameras in scale with the others, is the blue oblong, Four Thirds as that format is known, as it happens the actual size is 17.3mm x 13.0mm I am upgrading to the pink oblong, the new camera a GFX, the sensor size 43.8mm x 32.9mm, a tad larger! the yellow oblong is what the film size was in the pre digital days, known as 35mm which has a sensor size of 36mm x 24mm so with so much more information I can enlarge my photographs well past A3+ size, so I was off,

to the The London Camera Exchange, the slight problem is that the Lumix had only one built in lens, that went from macro to wide angle to telephoto, all in one, so it was not just a case of buying a camera and lens, it was buy a camera with a selection of lens to cover even then just some of the range, I came away ladened down with carrier bags, thankfully my sciatica did not play up until I was nearly home, but I did need a stool in the shop, many thanks guys! the staff could not have been more helpful, I needed advice about updating the new camera amongst other things, 

arriving home this was it, 

so many boxes, it was just like Christmas all over again!

camera plus one lens, a zoom lens a 35 - 70 mm

next a zoom semi telephoto 100 - 200, also have on order a 1.4 converter to increase the range of the lens,

lastly a wide angle zoom, 20 - 35, the macro lens will have to wait, 

a spare battery,

and charger,

2 cards a CFexpress, 

ans a normal SD card,

next open the camera box, 

on top the 35 - 70 lens, 

I started on the camera,

into the packaging, 

and there it was,

 the camera of my dreams, with charging cable, battery, shoulder strap and clip to stop cables from being accidentally pulled out when on the move videoing, 

first thing charge the batteries,

 

I seldom need more than one, but I prefer to play safe and have 2, 

they both had zero charge,

I then decided to print out the owners manual, I hate having to keep looking at a computer screen to learn about things, I much prefer to have a paper copy in front of me, 430 pages later and there it was!

it took quite some time, (and paper) to print it all, 

I then opened the lens box, and found a 150 page booklet about the camera, D'Oh! and one for the lens, by now it was time to pick up Diana from work, but a quick glance at the manual revealed this was going to be heavy going, the camera just has so many buttons and bits and pieces to master,

like this, there are more buttons on the front too!

and this is the information you see through the viewfinder, where is an expert when you need one? anyway, fun times ahead, I fear it is going to be a steep learning curve, back to our evening, we were just in time for a new Midsomer Murder, which was most enjoyable, followed by a repeat that we watched as well before we were off to bed